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Eagle Professional Resources sold to T.O.-based IT staffing firm

Founded in 1996, Eagle now has 100 employees in 10 offices across Canada.

Regional Group wraps up a record-breaking year with a BOBs win

Receiving a 2021 Best Ottawa Business (BOB) Award is a tremendous achievement – and for the team at Regional Group is an additional reason to celebrate the success of the past year. 

Amid gloomy signs, region’s unemployment rate plunges to 20-year low in December

Continuing a troubling recent trend, the overall number of employed residents in Ottawa-Gatineau fell to 753,300 last month, a slight drop from November.

‘There is definitely worry’: Centretown fitness entrepreneur ponders future in wake of latest shutdown

Nearly two years into the pandemic, measures like the ones imposed by the province on Monday have become a frustrating fact of life for Jenna Ladd and other gym owners. 

Bright side of business: Tapri founders savouring success of chai tea venture

Ottawa pop-up shop is tapping into growing beverage trend.

New year, new headshot, new possibilities

In the world of first impressions, a terrible headshot can, like a limp handshake, cost you your next job or business opportunity, Ottawa photographer Dwayne Brown says.

New COVID-19 restrictions ‘devastating’ for mainstreet retailers, restaurants, biz advocates say

Latest measures aimed at curbing virus's spread will take effect as of 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday and will remain in place for at least 21 days, the province announced Monday.

Building connections with the Ottawa Board of Trade

Why join OBOT? “My life is not about me, it's about me living in the world,” says Margo...

Dear mayoral candidates: A strong economy benefits everyone

Increasingly, politics has become a career path in which the drawbacks outweigh the incentives and the risks are greater than the rewards.

The OutCare Foundation

The OutCare Foundation is driven to fund palliative care initiatives because we have seen first hand how...
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